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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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